This issue occurred during the time of our sheikh Abu Abd Allah, so he performed it, and Qadi Abu Ya'la also performed it because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah has obligated upon you its fasting, and I have established for you its prayer." Thus, he linked the prayer with the fasting. Abu Hafs al-'Ukbari was of the view to omit the prayer and said: "The reliance regarding fasting is upon the hadith of Ibn Umar and the action of the Companions and the Successors, and it has not been transmitted from them that they performed that night's prayer." The Tamimis chose this view because the basic principle is the continuation of Sha'ban, and we only resorted to fasting as a precaution for what is obligatory, whereas the prayer is not obligatory, so it remains upon the original principle.

Section: Abu Talib said: I asked Ahmad: If one recites 'Qul a'udhu bi-rabbi al-nas', should one recite something from al-Baqarah? He said: No. So he did not consider it recommended to connect his completion (of the Quran) with the recitation of anything, and perhaps there was no authentic tradition (athar) confirmed in his view regarding it to which he could turn. Abu Dawud said: I mentioned to Ahmad the statement of Ibn al-Mubarak: "If it is winter, complete the Quran at the beginning of the night; and if it is summer, complete it at the beginning of the day." It seemed that he liked that, and that is due to what was narrated from Talhah ibn Musarrif, who said: "I caught the people of the two Sanctuaries (Makkah and Madinah) from the early part of this nation; they used to recommend completing (the Quran) at the beginning of the night and at the beginning of the day. They would say: If one completes it at the beginning of the night, the angels pray for him until he reaches morning; and if one completes it at the beginning of the day, the angels pray for him until he reaches evening." Some scholars said: It is recommended to place the daytime completion during the two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer or after them, and the nighttime completion